I'm studying classical guitar by the Sagreras method. I did not understand how to play exercise 58 on page 31 of Julio S Sagreras's book "The First Lessons of a Guitar". Follow the image with the highlighted part in yellow.

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Adilson

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It is called a "tie" in English. You should play the first note and hold it for the duration of both the first and second notes. So keep your finger inplace and let the E ring until the end of the bar.

It is called a "tie" in English. You should play the first note and hold it for the duration of both the first and second notes. So keep your finger inplace and let the E ring until the end of the bar.

Thank you very much. I was thinking I should play two times the E note;

It is called a "tie" in English. You should play the first note and hold it for the duration of both the first and second notes. So keep your finger inplace and let the E ring until the end of the bar.

It is called a "tie" in English. You should play the first note and hold it for the duration of both the first and second notes. So keep your finger inplace and let the E ring until the end of the bar.

It is called a "tie" in English. You should play the first note and hold it for the duration of both the first and second notes. So keep your finger inplace and let the E ring until the end of the bar.

I would find a dotted half note easier to read.

I guess this would violate the convention of imaginary barlines at the middle of the bar.

It is called a "tie" in English. You should play the first note and hold it for the duration of both the first and second notes. So keep your finger inplace and let the E ring until the end of the bar.

I would find a dotted half note easier to read.

I guess this would violate the convention of imaginary barlines at the middle of the bar.

Was my first thought too, but the reason is the shared notehead which can't be set to a dotted half note (like in the other bars).

SAGRERAS_Gitarrenschule_2.png

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I guess this would violate the convention of imaginary barlines at the middle of the bar.

Was my first thought too, but the reason is the shared notehead which can't be set to a dotted half note (like in the other bars).
SAGRERAS_Gitarrenschule_2.png

This makes so much more sense! I was thinking that it was a pedagogical device to keep the student on its toes. It wouldn't be totally unheard of to have the dotted half note overwrite the dotted quarter, but then pedagogically speaking it would just be a mess.

I guess this would violate the convention of imaginary barlines at the middle of the bar.

Was my first thought too, but the reason is the shared notehead which can't be set to a dotted half note (like in the other bars).
SAGRERAS_Gitarrenschule_2.png

Makes sense. I did not look at other bars (and obviously I do not know the piece). But then, it might even be more consistent to use dotted half notes in all bars for the lower voice (i.e. no sharing but offset noteheads). Or is there any rule against that?